Radio Control: Soaring
NEW MULTIPLEX RADIO: By the time you read this, Bob Boomer of Beemer R/C West should have FCC approval to begin selling the new Multiplex Profi MC 3030 nine-channel radio. This radio is made in Germany. The transmitter in this new, top-of-the-line set can be thought of as being the third generation in RC microcomputer technology. It follows Multiplex's Profi 2000 of 1980 and Royal MC of 1984. Unlike the Royal MC transmitter, the Profi MC 3030 does not use removable soft modules. All program software is stored within its integral microcomputer. Multiplex calls its software BOSS, for (in German) "Benutzer Orientierte Sender Sprache." In English this means, "User-Oriented Transmitter Language." The four-line, 64-position liquid crystal display communicates with the user/programmer in German, but Bob will have complete instructions and translations to explain what the transmitter is saying!
Radio Control: Soaring
CLUB OF THE MONTH. Paul Bell, newsletter editor for the Long Island Silent Flyers, sent the photos plus this writeup on his club: "As the name implies, our club is located on Long Island, NY. We have about 70 members, of which more than half are active fliers. The club field is in Stillwell Park (Syosset, NY). We hold eight club contests yearly which draw 25 to 30 steady entrants. We fly Two-Meter and Unlimited, and this year we are trying three classes (levels) of fliers.
AMA Nats: RC Soaring
NATS SOARING for 1988 gives us lots to talk about, but the big story has to be Brian Agnew. Brian won all three classes, plus all three special awards! This clean sweep is unprecedented in Nats Soaring history. In looking back over the past 13 years to the first Nats Soaring event in Lake Charles in 1975, no pilot has ever won even two classes, let alone all three! By taking every class, Brian automatically won the Hi Johnson award for the highest score in any one class, and the Lee Renaud award for the highest combined score of all three classes. For the Dan Pruss Team award it was nip and tuck with the Team Oregon guys, but Brian teamed with his father, John, and Lee Montgomery to win that too! Six out of six!
Radio Control: Soaring
THE ULTIMATE in the Sailplaner's art is felt by many to be a craft made with modern all-glass technology and completely formed in molds. Fiberglass fuselages have long been made in this manner, but an all-glass ship has molded wings and tail surfaces as well. The top F3B planes such as those built and flown by World Champions Rolf Decker and Reinhard Liese are made this way. Some commercially made Sailplanes like Rowing's Impuls, Fiberglasflugel's Albatross and some big Scale Sailplanes like the Roke DG-202 are made in molded glass. Not too surprisingly all the planes named are made in Germany. The Europeans have been the leaders in this technology-both in full-size Sailplanes and in models.
Radio Control: Soaring
NATIONAL Soaring Skills Symposium, May 28-29, 1988. Mark that on your calendar. The Eastern Iowa Soaring Society is sponsoring this unique Soaring get-together for the second year. The idea behind it is to have experts in various specialties (such as thermaling, Slope flying, F3B, Electrics, winches, building, etc.) pass along their knowledge. There will be flying seminars and displays relating to flying Sailplanes and Electrics. The demonstrations will not be "formal," in that experienced instructors will be available all day for questions and demonstrations.
